I have not as of this (publication) date communicated directly with Lloyd, but perhaps shortly...

(b)

There was a four year buffer (1974-1978) between our respective tenures as students at Harvard University

(c)

I treat Lloyd's 'computational universe' theory as public domain.

(d)

As of his 2006 work, Programming the Universe, Lloyd was not extrapolating his work, as I have, to present a new paradigm for Evolution; but, respectfully, the clear ramification of his theory transcend his 2006 personal predilections.

(e)

British academia has (fatally) trapped itself in 'randomness' across both cosmology and evolutionary biology
- while the reality is not only that both fields are 'directional', but that both have the same 'driver' - Infinite Quest for Potential (Q4P) / Quantum (Q3).